Zenni Optical - A Better Way to Buy Glasses

Like millions of other Americans, I buy new glasses every year. Three pair of glasses and the total runs about $1,500 (most paid by my vision insurance). Did I get great glasses? And why three pairs? I had Lasik a couple years ago to give me mono-vision. Left eye is corrected for distance, right eye for reading. I can go without glasses but glasses correct both eyes for stereo vision when I need it.

One pair are sunglasses that I use for driving. One pair are reading glasses and the third are progressive lens that can be used for both reading and driving. But I digress. Is there a better way to purchase glasses?

Clark Howard recommended Zenni Optical as a low-cost place to purchase glasses. I gave them a chance. I purchased five pair of prescription glasses. Three for me, two for my teenage daughter. I included everything that I got on the designer pairs. Polarized lenses, blue blocker, same protective coatings, same prescriptions. My total including express shipping? $197.25, which is less than any of the three designer pairs. The quality? The only thing missing is the designer names. They fit the same. I can see the same.

Do you wear glasses? Do you buy them through your optometrist? The kinds he or she recommends? The frames that they push? Do you go to Pearl Vision or Lenscrafters? Hit the mall? I never thought about buying glasses online. My reason for starting this thread? To start a conversation about buying eye ware from less expensive sources than just the places our insurance companies send us.

Like millions of other Americans, I buy new glasses every year. Three pair of glasses and the total runs about $1,500 (most paid by my vision insurance). Did I get great glasses? And why three pairs? I had Lasik a couple years ago to give me mono-vision. Left eye is corrected for distance, right eye for reading. I can go without glasses but glasses correct both eyes for stereo vision when I need it.

One pair are sunglasses that I use for driving. One pair are reading glasses and the third are progressive lens that can be used for both reading and driving. But I digress. Is there a better way to purchase glasses?

Clark Howard recommended Zenni Optical as a low-cost place to purchase glasses. I gave them a chance. I purchased five pair of prescription glasses. Three for me, two for my teenage daughter. I included everything that I got on the designer pairs. Polarized lenses, blue blocker, same protective coatings, same prescriptions. My total including express shipping? $197.25, which is less than any of the three designer pairs. The quality? The only thing missing is the designer names. They fit the same. I can see the same.

Do you wear glasses? Do you buy them through your optometrist? The kinds he or she recommends? The frames that they push? Do you go to Pearl Vision or Lenscrafters? Hit the mall? I never thought about buying glasses online. My reason for starting this thread? To start a conversation about buying eye ware from less expensive sources than just the places our insurance companies send us.

I've got a pair but just for reading. They're 18 carrot gold rim and cost me $18,500. I don't buy or wear the cheap shit like you do.

I am absolutely going to use them. My vision has changed requiring me to wear glasses all the time rather than just as a back-up to contacts. I ask people everywhere all the time where did you get those cuties? 'ZENNI. I have ten pairs!'. Sounds good to me.

I am absolutely going to use them. My vision has changed requiring me to wear glasses all the time rather than just as a back-up to contacts. I ask people everywhere all the time where did you get those cuties? 'ZENNI. I have ten pairs!'. Sounds good to me.

I am absolutely going to use them. My vision has changed requiring me to wear glasses all the time rather than just as a back-up to contacts. I ask people everywhere all the time where did you get those cuties? 'ZENNI. I have ten pairs!'. Sounds good to me.

There are other companies like Zenni Optical. They are just the one that I tried. When I can get five pair of glasses with tinting for under $200, I'm game. I am happy with the prescription matching just as well as my glasses purchased through my insurance.

Once I had Lasik done, I thought that I was done with glasses but having mono vision meant that I would be required to wear glasses if I want stereo vision for either distance or reading.